E-Philanthropy
July 20, 2011
What changes will we see in fundraising over the coming years? And what does that mean for the technology we use? Here are a few predictions.
July 18, 2011
Despite launching Fundraise.com just five months ago, 19-year-old Nate Drouin says some 500 users have tapped it to solicit donations for causes that range from tsunami relief to anti-nuke protests. He expects more than $2 million in revenue by year’s end and more than twice that in 2012. Drouin, who postponed attending Rollins College to launch the site in Boston, using $250,000 from friends and relatives, wants to shape the seven-person site into a donations platform as ubiquitous as Facebook or Twitter.
June 14, 2011
Recoup, a new philanthropic social engine that brings together cause-oriented businesses, consumers and nonprofits, unveils its pre-beta demonstration site, www.recoup.com. Visitors can sign up, view prototype offers, explore the site’s functionality and preview some of its featured nonprofit partners.
June 13, 2011
An anonymous bidder agreed Friday to pay more than $2.6 million for a lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, offering a final amount after the auction closed that topped last year’s bid that set a record for the most expensive charity item ever sold on eBay.
All proceeds go to the Glide Foundation, which provides social services to the poor and homeless in San Francisco.
June 10, 2011
The Hope Institute's Jarid Brown shares five keys for fundraisers to get the most out of their nonprofit organizations' online experiences.
June 3, 2011
Direct-mail giving still overwhelmingly brings in the majority of fundraising revenue, according to Blackbaud's 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report.
May 31, 2011
A new service, GiveBackMail, promises to give 25 percent of its profit to charity if users route their e-mail activities through its website.
Every action users take on the site generates a new ad display and revenue for the company. A dashboard keeps track of how many donations the user generates and, at the end of the month, how much money has been generated, as well as notifications from charities acknowledging donations made by the service.
May 23, 2011
A new platform that allows users to donate to charity via SMS and Twitter is launching in the U.K.
The platform, called Givey, allows users to sign up for an account which then allows them to make donations to charity via a simply coded SMS or tweet. Facebook integration will follow soon. Each donation is tax efficient, as it allows charities to reclaim the tax on donations from U.K. taxpayers.
May 18, 2011
PayPal is teaming up with Philanthroper to spur a little bit of crowdsourced good.
Philanthroper is a "daily deals" site; but instead of offering up cheap tickets to shows or discounted meals, it offers up new and important nonprofits.
Every day, the site showcases a worthy cause and asks users to donate just $1. Users cannot give any less or any more than $1.
The partnership with PayPal makes the donation process even simpler and opens the site up to an entirely new, international audience of potential donors. Despite this international scope, the charities will all be U.S.-based.
May 13, 2011
iDonate, the country's leading provider of noncash donation and liquidation services, has launched a new website making it easier than ever for nonprofit organizations to execute noncash donation campaigns. The website is located at www.iDonate.com.
iDonate provides market focus, resources and economies of scale to the process of receiving and liquidating noncash donations — activities that traditionally fall outside the core competency of charitable corporations.
